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The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03
A TALE OF SUFFERING.


Mounted Police Deserving Their Horses
and Wading ON Foot Through Snow.
FoRr Ass1NIBoNE, Mont, April 2.-Laie
last evening two ragged and emaciated men
staggered into the pot and related hor-
rible story of suffering. March II, James
Waldron, Stephen Owens and John Nc
Cuig left Lethbridge, Northwest Territory,
mounted on horses, for this place. They
were obliged to abandon their horses the
third day, having nothing for them to eat,
and from that time waded through the
snow on foot. Their supply of food became
exhausted two days later, and losing their
way their only food for fifteen days
consisted of a few berries gathered
off the bushes. About twenty-five
miles from this place Owens fell ex-
hausted and the others, too weak to assist
him, left him TO his fate. Upon hearing
the case the post commander Immediately
sent out an ambulance and relief party,
who were fortunate enough to find Owens
still alive and returned with him to-day.
All three are now in the hospital Wal
dron and McCuig may recover with the loss
of both of their feet, but Owens cannot.
They are all snow blind, and hive been for
three days. They claim to be deserters
from the Northwest mounted police force.
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Tue Third annual naII.

The Columbia Association, a popular
Heights social organization, held its third
annual Invitation ball at the Avenue House.
-Four Corners; last Tuesday evening: The
ball room was brilliantly lighted, and pro-
fusely decorated with flags and bunting,
presenting very handsome Appearance.
The toilets of the ladies were generally rich
and elegant, and the gentlemen were in
full evening attire The Reception Com
mittee, with President George W. Won ARK
at the head received the guests. Louis III
Plump was Floor Manager, and the Floor
Committee included William Keokhoff,
John Prestup, Thomas Sheehan. Harry
Bookstaver and John Wood. Among those
present were, VIM. Kickoff and Miss Hanfe,
Edw. Smith and sister, G.. Il. Magee and
Minnie Hanfe, I. Sheehan, Miss Maggie
Morris, George Hammers Miss Addie Ma
gee, III. Newkirk, Miss FL. Newman, G. Sci.
bert, Miss Jessie Cathcart, Thomas NJ
Ebers, Miss Bell, j. Ell. Hahn, Mlss Nellie
Kennedy, w. S. Towle, Miss Lizzie Smit9,
Kelly, John Farrell, Miss Sophie Ludwick,
George Won ARK, Miss Gussie Dyke, John
Dempsey and wife, c. Van ARK, Miss Lou
Use Stran, E. Andre, Miss T. Reilson, VIM
Andre, Miss Annie Hummells, August
Garne. Miss J. Nestler, j. Covert,sN. Il .
Mallory, james Mccormick. Fl. Tieder-
mann, L. Tiederman, G. Mallory, and
Misses Relish, Smith, Brady. SPaulding,
F. Henkel. I Farrell, K. Muller, H. Meyer,
Trappe, and Farrell, Mrs K. Muller, Miss
Corbley, Messrs. John Stanton, VIM. Kirk,
G. Carroll Sas Farrell and their wives. P.
Curley, JAS. DAILY. Frank Long Misses
Kelly, Ward and Long, Pansy Social, by N.
G. Sanborn and A. G. Miller and Misses
Inns. O. Curry, 7. King, J. King, j. Harden,
and Misses McKenna. Powers. Harrington.
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before the audience, and then placed it
gently over her shoulders. She spoke
chi ely of the tyranny of England and of
the danger In which the American is
placed. She carried her audience back to
the year 1864, when she was nurse in the
Union army and of her labors during that
time, and declared that she would not be
at the meeting if it were not that she de-
sired to have the Labor party protect the
American flag
John j. Minihan, Labor candidate for
Alderman in the Second District; James
Gordon, JOHN NJ. Beckham, Mr. Green
wood and II. De Graf also made speeches.
The following resolution was then read
and adopted:
Resolved, That we instruct all our candi-
dates to oppose the scheme for putting the
water supply out of the heuds of the city
into the hands of the Bartlett syndicate.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03
THE RACE COURSE BILL.
Passed Only 10 Construe and Enforce an
Act Passed In 1850.

TRENTON, April 2. [special1. -Baird's
corrupt attempt TO repeal the Monmouth
Park Race Course Act has been fruitless;
and Senate Bill No. 40 has became the law
in the matter. The bill is not SO broad rs
many people have been led to believe: ana
it in no wise gives countenance 10 the SELL
ing of pools on the results of races. II
merely permits betting AT common law
1t Is not misdemeahor to make a bet or a
wager An old act made it unlawful to
the extent and Ia the sense that the man
who loses may recover lis money back
But the Crimes Act of 1874 declared Il q
high crime and misdemeanor for any ner-
son to bet or wager on the running, pac-
ing or trotting of any horses. In 1880. an
act was passed modifying the Crimes Act
so as to eliminate therefrom the provision
in regard to betting At the trial subse-
quently of forty-five M ,nmouth Park book
makers, it was held, however. by the Mon
mouth County Quarter Sessions that the
act of 1880 did not sufficiently repeal the
Gaming Act; and that while betting was
not criminal, it was unlawful; and that the
repeated doing of an unlawful act ct the
same place made the. person who did it and
assisted in it punishable at law as a discr-
OSAAy pSISOu' DGuaI6 NO ~, Introduced
this year was only designed to enforce and
embody the idea that the Legislature of
1880 intended to embody in the act of that
year.
The enforcement of the view taken bv
the Monmouth County courts would have
made necessary the closing of one of the
chief pleasure resorts in this State.
Monmouth Park, with the menace ar
lest and imprisonment of hanging
ever its employees would have been
closed; and by way Of Altering to sporting
gentlemen and ladies too, an attraction to
the race course, the managers of the Park
have sought-snd successfally-to have
the state permit betting on race courses
to go on. This is not pool selling which
in recent case the Supreme Court has
held to be a lottery. The managers have
spent $3.50, 600 on the grounds. and put up
100000 year in purses. No one would
attend the sports, and they would be
without interest and excitement, if the
spectators were debarred from the priv
ifege of betting with one another on the
and the state has wisely, all but
the prudish prude think, permitted that to
be done by the act just passed. The own
ers of the Park, are Pierre Lorrillard,
August Belmont, A. J. Cassatt. D. D.
Withers. James Gordon Bennett, georgia
Peabody Wetmore and William L. Scott.
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THE D. L. & ". ARRxARAeEs.


Explanations That Show That the Gem
pany DidR't Mean to Cheat the State.
| The arbitrators who are to adjust the
| differences between the State and the
Delaware, Lackawanz & Western Railroad
Company have net yet been designated
The names of Barker Gummere and of
General Sewell have been mentioned
without authority. When the umpires go
! to work in the company's books, they may
| find that SO far from intending to cheat the
| State out OF her just due, the company's
| deficit, if there is any, is due to an honest
error of judgment on the part of the COM
pany's managers. A prominent gentle man
| connected with the railroad threw some
light upon the matter in conversation with
SUNDAY MORNING NEWS man a day or
| two ago.
''The tax on the road was levied" he
said sat certain rate upon the cost of the
road We are said to have charged to
other non-taxable accounts some of
| the items that should have been charged
to cost of road account, and to have so
escaped the payment of some of our taxes
That may be so; and it may not be so. If
1t IS so, we merely acted on a mistaken
Judgment. 1t is a nice question what goes
iRto the cost of the road. For instance in
the building of the tunnel, we were busy
many years. We could not use it the first
year we began work on it, but large item
of expenditures on account of it went
upon our books. 1t was not ready the Sec
ond year, but the progress we had made
upon it was represented by another large
item. And SO it was yesr after year till
the great bore was put in shape for USE
NhaG fnko 4I..4 - Il i L I
tax upon the expenditures we made in
building the present tunnel from year to
year-for the many years we were at work,
and when it was not in condition to
be used. Sho1ld we? Then again, in
building the Dover Branch for instance, we
had to purchase our right of way. We fire.
quently had to buy very much more land
than we actually needed to get right of
way at given points. Sometimes SIS many
as fifteen acres of adjacent country to Sc
cure the right to lay our tIacks on q strip
of it, 100 feet wide. The State says that
we should pay State tax on the whole pur-
chase. We think we should pay State tax.
am not talking of local taxes now-on
only the strip of it that we turned into
road-bed. Isn't there another nice ques-
tea? Can you say the State is right /? Or
that we are right? Another instance the
Morris and Essex road was a poor, badly
equipped road when we took her. We laid
better bed, and put down better rails,
Is that an item that goes to restoration, or
an item that goes TO cost of road? could
mention countless similar questions tina
are moeted by this claim of the State for
fabulous sum. If the arbitrator find that
we have erred, they can find only that it is
an error of judgment, and not the result of
deliberate or undeliberate attempt to
cheat the State out of what was hers of
right. But the arbitration will decide
these questions fairly and IN the end you
will find that the State will be declared en-
titled to small fraction, if to any part, of
the great sum she claims
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03
Desperate Fight with Cowboys.

OMAHA, April 2. Sheriff Penn of Broken
Bow was callei yesterday to Anselmo,
whica Ind been literally taken by cow
Buys rhe cowboys were shooting right
nd left, and had killed one man The
S ,ffiff responded, End in attempting to
arrest the ringieaders, shot TWO cf
tn m dead, he himself being inquired.
More trouble is expected as the cowboys
are in full force aud swearing venge snce.
The latest reports. at midnight, said that
deputies are being hurried to the scene,
and it is expected a desperate battle will
ensue upon their arrival
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which the murderer must have fed to his
hiding place. Such hunt as this would
now be fruitless. of course. The murderer
has had ample time to dispose of whatever
evidences of guilt he might have carried
away with him. We do not say that such
search would have availed anything. Our
idea is that it would have availed much
but whether it would have rought results
or not, the search should have been made;
and the fact that it was not made is glar-
ing proof of the ineficiency that has
marked the investigations of the local
authorities into the mystery.
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Anather Theory Busten.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The flourish with
which the news was pub ished, few days
ago, of the discovery of a wonderful pro
cess for tempering steel appears to have
been trifie premature. The two Kentuck-
ians who invaded the capital-one of them
representative of a Louisville heightened
manufacturing company and the other a
lacksmith-have gone home, and from re-
marks they made before departing, and the
testimony of some persons who witnessed
their unofficial experiments, their mission
did not prove a startling success
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03

This legislative year seems to be one of
surprises. The promotion of the Blodgett
to tie United States Senatorship is followed
by tho elevation of Judge McGill to the
CHARACTERISTIC. There is not in the chan
cellorship appointment, the marked dis
proportion between the man and the place
that arrested attention every where when
the news of Blodgett's election TO the Sen
atorsh1p was heralded but it is a surprise,
nevertheless, and we are glad to say a very
agreeable surprise. Judge McGill is 8 man
of high tone. and large attainments, and
has proven himself to be as capable as he
has been conscientious on the bench. He
is the scion Of one of the first families of
the state, and his father holds as high a
position in scientific circles as his son gives
promise of holding in judicial and political
circles. 1t was the Princeton influence
probably that led to the judges promotion.
Governor Green and Judge McGill are
both proud of their Princeton lineage, and
family considerations were doubtless the
decisive ones that influenced the Governor
in making his very excellent selection. The
CHARACTERISTIC is berth of large powers.
Judge McGill is safe man to entrust with
their exercise.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03
Anather coafss.ien hx Clarka.

New YoRK, April Wv. A. Clarke, the
post Office clerk who was arrested for steal
ing a $4,000 registered package from Port
land, Oregon, on Tuesday night, cenfesses
to day that he stole package sent to
age contained $4,000 in currency and was
sent by the Park National Bank of this
city to the First National Bank of Charles
ton, s. O.. Clarke also said that he was in
terested in gambling house in this city.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03

UTICA, N. Y. April az Chief McElwaine.
of the Utica police, is very confident that
Charles O'Rourke, alias Roarke, is the
masked robber who 'sheld up" night agent
Barger, of the West Shore road, on March
IA, and shot and robbed Messenger Leake
on Wednesday night. He kept notorious
gambling house at Niagara Falls last season
that was broken up by the police. He is
known to be a Texan cowboy. Only $3.50
was found on O'Rourke when arrested.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03

In The hands of sharp, aggressive and
mystery would probably have been solved
long before this. The local police have
been over .awed and staggered by the size of
the problem they found themselves coz
fronted with. They are good enough
watchmen, it may be; but the sleuth-
Aound pursuit Of secret assassin is some
thing way out Of the range of their expert
enes They should have confessed them
selves unequal to the t.sk at the very
start, and induced the town or the county
authorities to start competent men upon
the trail. They left undone many things
common shrewdness should have prompted
them to do, and showed, in the treatment
Of the very first clue placed at the ir dis
posal, singular laxity and looseness in
working it out TO its end of nothing or
everything That murder was done by
seme one in the village. The trails lead
night up to the little suburban settlement
Of Milton, which is within stones throw
almost of the place where the bruta
butcher did his bloody work. They Go
not yet know whether anybody in Milton
owned such basket as was found with
the eggs at the SPOT; or such a knife as was
discovered saturated with blood near it
They did not take the precaution of making
a SC arch of any kind in tae ~ pected re-
eion for the eore-oOYeged garments wish
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Miss MAJ HewsII,. Fanernl.

NEWARK. April miss May Howell, the
young lazy who died from the effects of a
fall while dancing at large party in Feb
ruary, was buried this afternoon. The
funeral at the residence was attended by
all the leading society people of the city.
Twelve society Young men were the pail
bearers. the services were conducted by
the Rev. DIR. French of this city and the
Rev Parker Morgan of the Church Of the
Heavenly Rest, New York.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03

BERLIN, April 2.-Three persons who
were concerned in the attempt to assassi.
nate the Gear by means of bombs, in st.
Petersburg, on March 18th, were hanged
Thursday morning. Twenty more officers
in the various brenches of the service have
been arrested in connection with the at
tempt made against the life of the Czar in
the ark of the Gatschina Palaceron Tuesday
last
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03

Court Jersey Ll.. 0. 7l29 of the Ancient
Order Foresters elec.~~ friday evening
John J. MiDihan az delegate, and John w.
Kennedy as alternate, to their High Court
Convention which takes place at Chicago.
a week He will represent 4S0 members of
The order and go from the banner court of
the United States. Court Jersey City con-
teins more members than any other Court
in the Union.
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Another outbreak .t Rustehuk.

BUCHAREST. April "A rumor is current
here that an outbreak has occurred at Rust
chuk, and that the Minister of War, who
mad just arrived on his tour, of inspectio n
of the various garrisons, was attacked.
Two regiments revolted at Kustendil. The
officers were arrested, and the men, alters
t 10 mountains
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03

MoEreoMERY, Ala, April 2--The news
thst three negro companies have entered
the National drill at Washington creates
great iutter here. The two Montgomery
companies will withdraw from the drill
in consequence. The Mobile company will
refuse to participate
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03

We are sorry that Governor Green can
not find it consistent with the demands of
the occasion to elevate Albert Hoffman to
the Judgeship. he would be an ornament
to the bench, in more senses than one; and
he would be fea<less and impartial in the
discharge Of his duties there. But if il
can't be, it can't be; that's all there is
about it. Will the Governor par Ion US if
we suggest another name for his consider
alton, ia phase Of those of the Politicians
that are being urged upon him? Why not
appoint the accomplished ASSEMBLY maA
from the Fourth District, Hon. William @.
Heppenhe-mers to the paaes
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03

WnxEsBARRn, Pa, April 2-An explosion
of powder occurred this afternoon in the
Evansville Colliery, Vim. Colpit, miner,
was fatally injured His BODY wss fright
fully mangled. John G. McGarvey was
severely burned about the face He will
lose his eyesight.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03
ADrnnnist,n 1IlarnI.e

LEWISTON, he, April 2,--L De Daul-
niers. organlst of st. Peters Church, died
this m orning from t.king wine of calchi-
cum. told him at a drug store by mist axe.
The p oprietor and clerk were absent and
the ar ic!s was given him by person tenn
porari y in charge.
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Branch Offices.
SUNDAY. APRIL 8, 1887.

The police are very much offended by the
treatment their ball received at the hands
oe the SUNDAY MORNING News; and init
nations are given OUT all around that they
have prepared teri ible revenge for u.s.
What do You think it is? Why, they pro,
pose to withhold the news from us TO get
even. When our reporters call upon them
for news, they intend to say that they have
nothing; and we suppose the JUNCTION with
which they will say there's nothing" will
be measured by the extent of the some
hingthey may be withholding. We are
bhged to confess that that is indeed ter
lible revenge; and they are chuckling, no
doubt, over the anticipation that it will
force the imm ediate susp ension of the
News. They are reckoning very much
without their host. They do not seem to
realize in the first place, that the quantity
of space the SUNDAY MORNING NEWS sur
renders to police reports is unappreciable.
The least valuable and interesting informa-
ton printed in these columns IS that got at
the police stations 1t interests but W,
and disgust great many; so we give it the
smallest possible notice when we print it at
all. Once in very, very, very long time
the police capture story not accessible
elsewhere that we deem worthy of attention,
and we shall see that these once in a very
very, very long time between items are got
and properly reported, with the aid of the
police if they choose to supply them, or
without their aid if they choose to with
held them. The hardest job the police
plate, of beating us on police news;
and they will find it SO Def re
they have carried their foolish
plan of DO ycott very far, or acted on it
very long. If there is any news in this
town that the SUNDAY MORNING NEWS
should have, the SUNDAY MORNING NEWS
will have it, in spite of all obstacles that
any one, police or others, may throw in
nothing, and amount to nothing. We
shall go right on treating them with the
fairness, that has always characterized
our criticisms of them. We shall condemn
them, when we think they have earned
condemnation, though they overwhelm US
with favor and kindess; and, on the other
hand, their foolish threats of one nd or
another shall not deter us from commend
ing them when they win commentator,
as they frequently do. We have no quar-
with the police, nor do we believe that the
more decent men on thu force have any
quarrel with us. We have any number
OF personal friends among the rank and
file; ana not one of these, as far as we
have heard, but praises US for our attempt
to make their annual dance an affair to
which they can take their modest wives
and daughters without compromising
them. For the good will of the disrep-
utable fellows of the Phil Short variety
among them, we care nothing. We'd rather
have their enmity in fact than their friend
ship.
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1t is rumored that several Southern rail-
roads will ignore the Interstate bill and
continue business as heretofore. Should
the Commissioners exercise their authority,
these railroads will certiorali the proceed
ing into the United States Supreme Court
and test the Constitutionaliiy OF the hill.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03
lsefuslng q liecogeize ths Kmghts.

PITTSBURGH, April 2.-The employees of
the Pennsy lvania Salt Manufacturing Com
pany, at NAtrona, Pa, have made de-
mand for an advance in wages from ten to
twenty CENTS per day. The firm refuses to
recognize the knights of Labor and strike
OF the 500 workmen is probable
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03

This CDR" E. G. Jones who ran away
from Newark with his pretty book keeper,
seems to have been brought up with a
round turn. He is only reaping the harv-
est he has sowed. He is fraud in what
ever sense you may see fit to use the term.
He has neither business honor nor pro-
fessional skill. Nine out of ten of the pa
tients whom he treated for his speciality of
cancer died under his treatment. When
he went away he had had dealings with
many..of the deluded people who were at
traeted by his advertisements only long
enough to get their money. They may
congratulate themselves upon their escape.
They would have been nearer even than
they are to their graves if he had stayed to
doctor them. He defrauded everybody
with whom he had dealings; and his career
has come to a termination as natural as il
is sudden and dlsgraceful.
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LONDON, April 2.-The text of the CO.
ercion bill, now that it has been made pub
lie, intensities the opposition to the meas
IRE. The Parnelites express themselves
as sanguine that in an appeal to The coun-
try the Government will be oyerthrown.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03

One of the sensible things "Bob,' Davis
has done is to decline the Lay Judgeship.
Bob" has level head; and this is the
latest proof of it.